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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1460847" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I visualise the whole hormone situation in humans as one of those old-style circus acts, with poles and spinning plates.</p><p>know the ones I mean?</p><p>Where the entertainer runs round as fast as they can flicking the plates as they slow down to stop them from falling and crashing.</p><p></p><p>If each plate is a hormone, and the body is is the entertainer, constantly tweaking and adjusting - insulin, glucagon, growth hormones, multiple sex hormones, reproductive hormones, stress hormones... it is a long list. And all it takes is for one plate to fall, and the whole of the rest of the 'act' gets a little off kilter.</p><p></p><p>And the more hormones that go out of wack, the more everything else needs to be adjusted to compensate (says the woman with several out of wack hormones, seriously out of wack menstrual shenanigins, and blood glucose that seems to go haywire with stress, time of month and suchlike).</p><p></p><p>Basically, they are ALL connected.</p><p></p><p>Recently I sat in an endocrinology appt where the consultant smiled, threw his hands in the air and said 'we just don't know what will happen in your case after menopause. There are too many variables, and everyone reacts differently. We will just have to wait and see.'</p><p></p><p>How refreshing! And such a relief to find someone who was admitting that they don't have all the answers! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1460847, member: 41816"] I visualise the whole hormone situation in humans as one of those old-style circus acts, with poles and spinning plates. know the ones I mean? Where the entertainer runs round as fast as they can flicking the plates as they slow down to stop them from falling and crashing. If each plate is a hormone, and the body is is the entertainer, constantly tweaking and adjusting - insulin, glucagon, growth hormones, multiple sex hormones, reproductive hormones, stress hormones... it is a long list. And all it takes is for one plate to fall, and the whole of the rest of the 'act' gets a little off kilter. And the more hormones that go out of wack, the more everything else needs to be adjusted to compensate (says the woman with several out of wack hormones, seriously out of wack menstrual shenanigins, and blood glucose that seems to go haywire with stress, time of month and suchlike). Basically, they are ALL connected. Recently I sat in an endocrinology appt where the consultant smiled, threw his hands in the air and said 'we just don't know what will happen in your case after menopause. There are too many variables, and everyone reacts differently. We will just have to wait and see.' How refreshing! And such a relief to find someone who was admitting that they don't have all the answers! :) [/QUOTE]
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